Title:Material Plane Flight

Problem Scenario: The only problem I had, was that the wooden plane broke, thankfully on the last test. So I superglued, and taped it back together, then painted over it for the presentation.

Broad Question:What plane can go the furthest?

Specific Question:What type of material plane can go the furthest?

Hypothesis:I hypothesize that the wooden plane will go the furthest.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable:Material

Dependent Variable:Distance

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:Type of material

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation:none

General Plan:First I'm making the three different material planes, then I'm going to drop the plane from my balcony and graph the data.

Potential Problems And Solutions:If it rains than i'll just wait until its sunny. If one of my planes break during testing I will try to make a new one.

Experimental Design:I will be cutting a shape of a plane from a cardboard box, a styrofoam cooler, and pieces of wood.

Resources and Budget Table:I will get cardboard from a box. I will get styrofoam from a cooler. I will get wood from a hardware store, which in my town costs about 5 dollars.

Data Table:

Time Line:By the end of March, I will start making graphs. I will start making my poster board in the beggining of May.

Background Research:Most Japanese fighter planes were better made than American planes during World War II. In fact the Japanese won almost every battle. Japanese aircrews were superbly trained and had been battle tested in the conflict in China during the 1930's. When war tore across the Pacific in December 1941, the IJNAF was more than a match for anybody. It is not surprsing, then, that Japanese aviators scored victory after stunning victory during the first six months of the war from the attack on Pearl Harbor through the sinking of the British men-of-war Prince of Wales and Repulse, to the fearsome raids on northern Australia and the IJN's rampage through the Indian Ocean in April 1942.

References:http://www.combinedfleet.com

Detailed Procedure:I applied a metal tip to all three planes to balance the weight. On the styrofoam body, I needed to use a rubber band to hold the wings to the body. The others, I was able to slide the wings inside the body of the plane. I then threw them to see how far they went and recorded the data. I finished by painting & decorating the planes.

Diagram

Photo List:# pics before painting & decorating

Results

All Raw Data

Graphs

Photos : 1) Picture of the 2 Japanese planes 2) Picture of the American Navy plane

Data Analysis:It seems to me that the styrofoam plane is a lot worse then the other planes. The cardboard and the wooden planes did better and flew an average of 18 feet.While the styrofoam plane got an average of 17.3 feet.

Conclusion:The styrofoam plane went the least amount of distance. The wooden and cardboard planes went the furthest.

Discussion:

Benefit to Community and/or Science

Abstract:My project is about 3 planes, made from different material that I used, to test which material will go the furthest. As you can see based on my results it was a close margain between each material. But the one that had the lowest distance was the styrofoam plane, as I predicted. I thought the wooden plane would go the furthest, it did but it was a tie between the wooden and the cardoard.